Jeffrey Rumery

Father, Husband, Friend. Unceasingly amazed by the world we inhabit.

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@mr_twitting @EchoesofWarYT "Mile wide,
An inch deep.
Too thin to plow,
Too thick to drink."

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@craig_weddle @KySportsRadio This is a great movie! And the first, I remember, that had a blooper reel during the credits. Now I gotta go find it on streaming.

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@3YearLetterman This one makes no sense to me. A couple of years ago, a player from Iowa, a team I'm no fan of, self reported a bet in WBB game, and was suspended the entire year. This kid bets on his own team and because it's a hometown judge he gets to play? Make it make sense...

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@_willcompton Hold your loved ones tight. Just unreal.

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@TheCatchFence Yeah, unreal. Hold your loved ones tight.

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@TheCinesthetic How about 2?

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@PeterBurnsESPN Was blessed to be able to meet a few of these courageous flyers at an airshow in Nebraska. Spent 45 minutes talking with Alexander Jefferson. Ok, I spent 45 minutes listening to Alex Jefferson. Amazing what these flyers accomplished. American heroes.

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@ShoahUkraine What was Stalins reason for opposing Tito's plan? Normal "power and control" of politics, Tito in general, or something deeper?

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@3YearLetterman You are truly doing the lord's work.

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@RockNRoLL_85 Gallows Pole

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Take :48 and just enjoy the noodling of one of the greatest to ever do it.

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A video footage of Stevie Ray Vaughan when he was jamming on his stratocaster in studio.

What makes this interesting and cool is that he doesn't wear his signature hat that we very much used to see on his live performances.

The king of the blues!

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Paying tribute with a solo in one of the best solos of all time, Comfortably Numb and Purple Rain in one take.

In 2016, David Gilmour went on a tour for his album 'Rattle That Lock'. During his visits to different countries, he performed awesome songs at great venues such as Pompeii.

In the same year, the legendary musician Prince died. In this performance, Gilmour paying tribute to Prince with a great rendition of Prince's song 'Purple Rain'.

Gilmour and his band performing 'Comfortably Numb' live onstage. When it comes to play the outro solo of the song, David Gilmour first played a solo for Purple Rain and the lights turned purple while he's playing the solo for about a minute.

This was the moment when David Gilmour paid tribute to the legendary musician Prince. After the Purple Rain solo with an amazing illumination of purple colours, Gilmour played the legendary solo of Comfortably Numb by ripping back into the original key.

That transition was just perfection itself. Basically, a legend paying tribute to one of the best guitarists in the world by playing the two of the best solos of all time in one shot. What a tribute, what a legendary performance!

NOTE: David Gilmour played Purple Rain solo in his own notes and playing styles. Focus on the light colours and watch the whole performance for a better insight.

MINUTES: At 4.28, Purple Rain was performed as a tribute to Prince, and at 5.32, the original Comfortably Numb solo was performed.

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Origins of a masterpiece, Comfortably Numb

Initially titled as 'The Doctor', Comfortably Numb was released in 1979 within Pink Floyd's ground-breaking double and concept album The Wall. For many, it has the best guitar solo of all time and it was voted numerous times as the best by the listeners. For sure, the song has a lyrics background, too.

Roger Waters wrote the lyrics. While many people thought the song was about drugs, Waters claims it is not. The lyrics are about what he felt like as a child when he was sick with a fever.

As an adult, he got that feeling again sometimes, entering a state of delirium, where he felt detached from reality. He told Mojo magazine (December 2009) that the lines, "When I was a child I had a fever/My hands felt just like two balloons" were autobiographical.

He explained: "I remember having the flu or something, an infection with a temperature of 105 and being delirious. It wasn't like the hands looked like balloons, but they looked way too big, frightening. A lot of people think those lines are about masturbation. God knows why."

In a radio interview around 1980 with Jim Ladd from KLOS in Los Angeles, Waters said part of the song is about the time he got hepatitis but didn't know it.

Pink Floyd had to do a show that night in Philadelphia, and the doctor Roger saw gave him a sedative to help the pain, thinking it was a stomach disorder. At the show, Roger's hands were numb "like two toy balloons." He was unable to focus, but also realized the fans didn't care because they were so busy screaming, hence "comfortably" numb. He said most of The Wall is about alienation between the audience and band.

While it was an artistic high point for the band, the recording of “Comfortably Numb” marked the beginning of the end for Pink Floyd. As Gilmour later noted, the sessions represented “the last embers of mine and Roger’s ability to work collaboratively together.”

By the time of the group’s next album, 1983’s “The Final Cut,” Waters had assumed control, with Gilmour effectively relegated to the role of session man. Waters would fold the band the following year, while Gilmour would resurrect Floyd without him in the late 1980s, much to the anger of his former writing partner.

It would take the largest charity concert in history to bring the Waters-Gilmour-fronted Floyd back together. For Floydians, that one-off reunion for 2005’s Live 8 was a landmark moment; a fleeting glimpse of one of rock’s greatest legends.

But, in true Floyd style, getting to the stage of the performance was hardly plain sailing. Opening old wounds, Waters and Gilmour reportedly bickered about the show’s setlist until the zero-hour. But, through all the back-and-forth, there was never any question about which song should end the set.

Both knew that “Comfortably Numb” was Floyd’s greatest hit, and the only track to finish the story with

Pink Floyd performing 'Comfortably Numb' live in 1980, after a year of its release.

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@ThrillaRilla369 75 VW van. Clutch and no access in the middle of summer. Seriously, I think you should always learn to drive a stick first. Makes you a more attentive driver. My opinion.

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@ThrillaRilla369 Regularly, but through hard work and perseverance, I now live direct deposit to direct deposit.

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@richardblade Damn, man. Just damn.

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This is such a cool stroy. Take a minutes and listen.

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There's a persistent myth that Stalin loved Coca-Cola so much that he had a clear version made so he could drink it without seeming to engage with anything American. It wasn't Stalin. It was Zukhov! This is a fun story!

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@HuskGuys 83 Oklahoma. Cold, wet, miserable. A great game with a great ending.

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@LakotaMan1 Yep from Omaha.